Best way to flog a load of imperial spanners / sockets?

[julianf]

I only ever seem to use metric tools, and have a stack of imperial spanners, sockets, etc.

Most will be worth little more than a couple of quid each, and, even then, it may be an age before someone wants one.

A lot wont be worth anything, and some will be worth 10-30 quid (i reckon).


Mainly its old english stuff, from snail brand, to britool, tepco etc. and then theres some german elora, gedore, and then a few vintage american bits - snap on from the 1930s and blackhawk from the same sort of time.


I have two ebay accounts - my buisiness one, which will cost me money to list on, and a personal one, which is pretty limited (i rarely use it) and, for some crazed reason, will only let me list ten items at a time.



Does anyone have any better suggestions than just listing on ebay? And for the things that are not obviously worth anything, just start them at 99p, and leave it at that? Or try and think up some price for each bit and do buy it nows?


I put a few of the snap on sockets up as it is, with high (collectors) buy it now prices, but there are very few views, let alone buyers, so ive evidently got that wrong for starters.



Basically, any advice welcomed - im after clearing it, but, id also like to get some cash for it, as then i can spend it on metric tooling that ill actually use!

 

[mfletch]

I thought the same as you only use metric but then I saved an old colchester lathe from being scrapped and most on that was whitworth so think before its to late

 

[MCKDAVID]

if you want to off load them, probbly worth trying some of the classic vehicles lot, old brit bikes and cars etc... Join up some of the forums and try flogging them on there, probably one of the few places where the old imperial stiff would still be used regularly. I just seperated mine into an old tool box and stuck it into a corner, might come in handy one day..

 

[dunk]

you could try gumtree or preloved

 

[Wendelspanswick]

eBay is supposed to be an auction site, so many people list stuff with high Buy It Now prices and then wonder why it dosen't sell.
When selling I always have a 99p start, it gets people interested. If you have bid on something you are involved and are more likely to bid again.
Have a Buy It Now if you want but make sure it's a proper auction.
It's the same with reserves, they put people off if they bid and it dosen't break the reserve price.
A 99p start with no reserve and if you are worried it will sell too cheap have a 2nd account to buy it back yourself at the last minute (not completely fair I know but so long as you don't try and use it to push the price up).
You can then report the sale as fallen through with amicable reasons from both parties.

 

[Rocketman]

Classic vehicle forums as suggested already. USA if you can somehow target them there to. Back in the mid 90s the toolmaker I was at flogged a shed load of imperial stuff to the USA. It was the only way they got decent money for the kit.

 

[rtbcomp]

Donate to a transport museum?

I listed something at 95p starting, it went for 95p and the fees came to £1.05. Batch them up and start at £5.00 per batch.

 

[ben8vgte]

Stick them up on here! I'm after a set of whitworth's

 

[Pid]

I'd be interested in some spanners and sockets. Working on an American built train.

 

[julianf]

i made a rough list some time back of the spanners, which may, or may not be 100% accurate (i was just going by what was on the spanner, rather than measuring)

snail england 3/4w 5/8w
gedore germany 1 1/4w 1 1/8w
snail 5/8w 9/16w
snail 13/16w 11/16w
king dick leyland 5/8w 1/2w
williams superslim 5/8w 9/16w
austin 1/2 7/16
herbrand ring 7/16 3/8
brittool ring 7/16w 1/2w
britool 7/16w 3/8w
snai 1/8 ??
barcalo buffalo usa 7/8 ??
garrington 7/16w 3/8w
gordon ring 9/16af 1/2 af
helbradl england ring 25/32 3/4
etc combo1 1/4
eagle brand 7/16w 5/16w
hazet combo 3/8w
hazet combo 7/16w
hazet combo 1/2w
halfords england ring 3/4af 11/16af
superslim 13/16af 25/32af
superslim 1/2w 7/16w
bedfor 2ba 4ba
superslim 5/16w 1/4w
matador 1/4bsf 3/16bsf
11/16w ??


sockets, i dont have listed, but theyre all either snap on, blackhawk, elora, tipco, brittol (ie all resonable brands). a few williams.
i think there's a few king dick also - ill list them if it would get me anywhere!

snap on i listed (there's only a few) -

sw-360 1 1/8
sw-340 1 1/16
DH-260 13/16
dh-240 3/4
dh-160 1/2
s-180 9/16

71-10 ratchet

date stamps on the snap on put most at 1939/1940

I also have a largeish kamasa set from the 1970s (imperial and metric).

A few 1/2 tipco / blackhawk extension bars.



If im going to go about flogging these, ill need to take photos etc. so i have no problem doing this sooner rather than later if anyone here is keen.

(but that really, honestly, wasnt what i was getting at when i created the thread!)

 

[octo0072000]

you think that's bad i have a set of square sockets sort of 8 sided only ever used one of them in 45 years Britool as well

 

[ben8vgte]

Yeah I'd be very interested in all the non snap-on whitworth stuff (all the ones ending with a W after the size)

 

[steveo3002]

garagejournal forum has a for sale section

good photos will help them sell

 

[MattF]

If you weren't so far away, I'd probably be rooting through your collection already, Julian.

you think that's bad i have a set of square sockets sort of 8 sided only ever used one of them in 45 years Britool as well

Any chance of a photo of those? Can't quite visualise what you're describing.

garagejournal forum has a for sale section

good photos will help them sell

Postage would probably be a killer for most on that site though.

 

[Jan]

When I need Imperial sized tools I just go into town on 'junk market' day and pick them up for 50P each. Open end, combination, ring, box, sockets are all the same price!

 

[steveo3002]

Postage would probably be a killer for most on that site though.

dunno theres a few english on there , doesnt hurt to try these sites

 

[octo0072000]

will get a picture up for you matt

 

[julianf]

i have some britool sockets with a hex drive, rather than 1/2" square - this isnt what you mean, is it?

 

[octo0072000]

picture of the square sockets 8 sides by britool i bought in the 70sthe biggest socket set brown bros had has to pay it out of my wages for the next year

 

[octo0072000]

i have some britool sockets with a hex drive, rather than 1/2" square - this isnt what you mean, is it?

ive got a set of those as well